I have a signed copy of it too. And a funny story to tell about it.
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On Jan 5, 2012, at 7:05 PM, "keith mackenzie" <bluzdad at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>>> Never mind. it was Troy Harmon. "Lee's Real Plan At Gettysburg". Told you I'm not particuarly good with the memory thing. Suprisingly enough, it wasn't propping anything up. I'm aware of at least three locatons for the photo's. though I'm not sure where they are. The Rose Farm, or there abouts, the area north of culps hill, where the school is now, and Sheads Woods. It would be awesome to get proponents of each of the locations to take a tour and explain...(slowly)...their reasoning. I guess it would about as easy arranging, say, oh I dunno, a Farnsworth death sites tour. I would love to go on one where the main proponents of each site lead a tour of the OTHER site, and explain why it CAN'T be the right one.
> but if your seeing him in April, ask him what the chances are he would lead a small, highly dedicated and mostly sober group of hardcores through his pictures, and ask him How Much.
> K.
>> "Hello! I'm The Doctor."
> (Dr. Who)
>>> ________________________________
> From: Charles T. Joyce <CTJoyce at spearwilderman.com>
> To: GDG <gettysburg at arthes.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 5, 2012 6:31 PM
> Subject: Re: GDG- Shead's Woods and the "Harvest of Death" photograph
>> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
> Keith,
> I'm not familiar with any book Scott has written, but his articles in Gettysburg Magazine and for the Gettysburg Seminars are superb. Don't know if he'd do a private tour...I'm taking his Harmon Farm Day 1 tour this April.
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> On Jan 5, 2012, at 6:07 PM, "keith mackenzie" <bluzdad at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>> I believe Frassinito feels that Gardner never made it that far onto the field, that he came from the south and spent his time on the second days field, I'm thinking the area of the Rose Farm, in particular. but again, I hedge these comments with what I can only describe as an incomplete, possibly completely fallacious memory. I'm sure that BF would describe the terrain, identifiable rocks and such with better clarity.
>> does Hartwig do that sort of thing? Lead private parties? I have a book of his here, somewhere, about Pickets Charge that didnt meet with much acclaim on this board. but it's autographed, which only means that my wife is probably using it to prop something up.
>>>> K.
>>>>>>>>>> "Hello! I'm The Doctor."
>> (Dr. Who)
>>>>>> ________________________________
>> From: Charles T. Joyce <CTJoyce at spearwilderman.com>
>> To: GDG <gettysburg at arthes.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, January 5, 2012 5:29 PM
>> Subject: Re: GDG- Shead's Woods and the "Harvest of Death" photograph
>>>> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>> Maybe we can get Mr. Hatwig himself?
>> The only things I can think of that cast doubt on the location is the fact that Gardner took no further images of the first day's field, or of the Seminary, and that it's hard to tell if there is a fence on the "road" in the background -- and I suppose the Chambersburg Pike/Cashtown Road would have had a fence.
>> Other than that, for me, everything appears to line up...even the original caption (Something like "field on the right near where Gen'l Reynolds fell.")
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com [mailto:gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com] On Behalf Of keith mackenzie
>> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 4:37 PM
>> To: GDG
>> Subject: Re: GDG- Shead's Woods and the "Harvest of Death" photograph
>>>> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>> Charles: One can criticize Frassanito all they want to. He's perfectly capable of defending himself and his views. Unfortunately, one would have to go to where he is, as he doesn't use the internet, and only responds, (or so I'm led to believe), to snail mail requests for information. Like I said, I know he told me about Hardwicks material, and that he disagreed with it, of this I'm sure. The details, on the other hand, are a bit fuzzy. I think the subject came up at the last muster, and there may have been others present who might have payed better attention. When we hit Gettysburg again, I'll see if we can't collar him and make him explain it again ...slowly.
>> We can try for a tour like that. I don't know who'd give it. Maybe a few of us can get together and try to figure it out without any proffesional help. I'm told that can be successfull, with a minimum of mayhem.
>> Thanks for the link.
>> It really is all very facinating.
>> K.
>>>> "Hello! I'm The Doctor."
>> (Dr. Who)
>>>>>> ________________________________
>> From: Charles T. Joyce <CTJoyce at spearwilderman.com>
>> To: GDG <gettysburg at arthes.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, January 5, 2012 10:31 AM
>> Subject: Re: GDG- Shead's Woods and the "Harvest of Death" photograph
>>>> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>> Hey Keith,
>> I'll try to send the link...I'm not very good at this hi-tech stuff. http://npsgnmp.wordpress.com/2011/05/26/a-mystery-solved-part-i-2/>>>> It's in three parts, and I think it's persuasive. Far be it from me to criticize Mr. Frassanito, but I don't see anything in his previous works that refutes this. He, or someone, needs to do more than just say "it ain't so" in my view.
>>>> Maybe if we have a warmer weather version of Wayne's tour (Not 40 mph wind gusts this time) we can go over it?
>> Charles
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com [mailto:gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com] On Behalf Of keith mackenzie
>> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 10:23 AM
>> To: GDG
>> Subject: Re: GDG- Shead's Woods and the "Harvest of Death" photograph
>>>> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>> I've spoken with Frassanito about it, or more properly, listened, (somewhat distractedly) while he spoke about it. He doesnt just disagree. He's pretty animated about it. I'm sure he thinks he's right. My impression is that he feels his previous work is all the refutation he needs to publish. I don't have access right now to his books, we'd have to check out that stuff. I'm not personally familiar with Hartwigs work. Can you drop me a link? Chuck Teaque took us on a walk once, behind Culps hill where he thinks the photo's where taken. Evidently, like everything else in Gb, there are several opposed and contradictory interpretations.
>> Some fun, huh?
>> K
>>>> "Hello! I'm The Doctor."
>> (Dr. Who)
>>>>>> ________________________________
>> From: Charles T. Joyce <CTJoyce at spearwilderman.com>
>> To: GDG <gettysburg at arthes.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, January 5, 2012 9:18 AM
>> Subject: Re: GDG- Shead's Woods and the "Harvest of Death" photograph
>>>> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>> Keith's question about the location of Shead's Woods reminds me of the apparent controversy over whether it is in the background of Alexander Gardner's famous "Harvest of Death" image of Union dead. Scott Hartwig argues in the NPS blog "From the Fields of Gettysburg" that it is. I've heard that William Frassanito and Gary Alderman feel it is not, but I haven't seen any published refutation of Hartwig's thesis. I frankly find Hartwig's arguments pretty persuasive, especially in the absence of any contrary, published, evidence.
>>>> Maybe we can talk about this for a while and get off the Tourmobile?
>> Charles Joyce
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com [mailto:gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com] On Behalf Of keith mackenzie
>> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 8:59 AM
>> To: GDG
>> Subject: Re: GDG- In Defense of Peter/ Gb question
>>>> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>> Thank you Charles. I'm studying the stuff wayne covered on the stomp, (in the warmth and comfort of my living room) and I'm trying to keep the terrain features organized in my thoughts.
>> K.
>>>> "Hello! I'm The Doctor."
>>>>>> ________________________________
>> From: Charles T. Joyce <CTJoyce at spearwilderman.com>
>> To: GDG <gettysburg at arthes.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, January 5, 2012 8:34 AM
>> Subject: Re: GDG- In Defense of Peter/ Gb question
>>>> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>> Keith,
>> Sheads Woods is directly behind them.
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>> On Jan 5, 2012, at 8:29 AM, "keith mackenzie" <bluzdad at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>>> Margaret: coming from a strong Presbyterian background myself, I'd put my mother up against any Nun I ever heard of.
>>> Is Sheads woods anywhere near the ABC/Quality Inn complex?
>>> K
>>>>>> "Hello! I'm The Doctor."
>>> (Dr. Who)
>>>>>>>>> ________________________________
>>> From: Margaret D. Blough <mdblough1 at comcast.net>
>>> To: GDG <gettysburg at arthes.com>
>>> Sent: Thursday, January 5, 2012 1:54 AM
>>> Subject: Re: GDG- In Defense of Peter
>>>>>> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>>>>>> :Leo-
>>>>>>>>> I'm a Protestant public school kid from SW PA. However, I worked for some years with a number of guys from NE PA (Scranton area). Believe me, after a while, witnessing the endless "my Sister could beat your Sister with her hands tied behind her habit" debate got a bit old.
>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>> Margaret
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "joanna/leo" <mayapple at embarqmail.com>
>>> To: "GDG" <gettysburg at arthes.com>
>>> Sent: Thursday, January 5, 2012 1:31:26 AM
>>> Subject: Re: GDG- In Defense of Peter
>>>>>> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Dennis Lawrence" <denlaw at gojade.org>
>>> To: "GDG" <gettysburg at arthes.com>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 6:02 PM
>>> Subject: Re: GDG- In Defense of Peter
>>>>>>>>>> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>>>> At 04:54 PM 1/4/2012, you wrote:
>>>>> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>>>>> Hi Dennis,
>>>>>>>>>> I'm OK with education (except for SIster Damian in the sixth grade),
>>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>> LOL! You should have met Sister Madeline! She could swing that
>>>> yardstick across your back for even looking sideways. My brothers bear
>>>> the stigmata of her wrath.
>>>>>> You guys are making me think I missed something, growing up Catholic but
>>> attending public schools. I tried to get into Johnstown Catholic (now
>>> Bishop McCort), but my age group was a bumper crop and they were full.
>>> (Sigh)
>>> Leo McGuire
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